Jan van den Berg

Fix for when your SSH keys are not working on your Chromebook

If you cannot connect to a remote server from your Chromebook with SSH keys and you get this error:

Load key "/.ssh/identity/id_rsa": invalid format

Here is the tip: add an enter to your private key file!

Yes really!

I spent way too much time figuring this and only found the solution when I stumbled on the solution here.

books, chromebook, invalid-format, keys, ssh

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